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Martini
Rifles

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rifles by UPS Ground with full insurance. I charge standard shipping
fee of $30 per rifle. This rate is valid only in the continental
USA. International shipping is available at the cost. I take
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Model, Price, Number
& Pictures

Description
& Condition

Very Scarce Romanian Issue M.1879 Martini-Peabody Rifle

Caliber: .45, rimmed (11.43mm x 49R).

Price: $2500

Inventory #arc_0631

Pictures:

DESCRIPTION: Very
scarce Romanian military issue Martini-Peabody M.1879 rifle in
its original, .45 caliber. This was the first rifle adopted
by Romanian army after the country declared independence in 1878.The rifle was manufactured by the Oesterreichische Waffenfabriks
- Gesellschaft Steyr in Austro-Hungary in 1882,
as indicated by a beautiful cartouche stamped on the left side
of the receiver block. The rifle is practically identical with
the Turkish M.1874, except for the markings. The right side of
the receiver displays a Romanian Royal Crown over the
cartouche with wording: "ARMATA ROMANA, ARMA, Md. 1879".
The rifle shows Romanian military issue markings stamped
on the right side of the receiver and barrel, "Crossed
Lances", "Royal Crown", "Arrow"
and "Romanian Phoenix Rising from Ashes". The
serial number is stamped on the right side of the buttstock,
receiver, rear sights and barrel (matching). The left side of
the receiver and buttstock displays the maker's cartouche, "OEWG
Steyr 1882"(fading cartouche on the buttstock, please,
see pictures). The markings on the receiver are very crisp. The
assembly markings are present on all the metal parts. Short lever
action. Correct military style ramp and leaf rear sights. Front
barrel band with saber type bayonet lug. Complete with a cleaning
rod. Overall length: 50 inch. Barrel length: 33 inch. CONDITION:
Low fine. Metal is mainly in white, with some blue finish
preserved in protected areas. Some cleaning marks are visible
on metal. Occasional scattered brown/gray patina. The buttplate
is covered with brown patina. All the markings on metal are clearly
visible. The stocks are in fine condition with some handling
marks and light scratches. Wood was refurbished long time ago,
but the serial number and cartouche are still partially visible.
The trigger guard sling swivel is missing. The lower part of
the buttstock had, at one time, an extra sling swivel. The latter
was removed and the opening in wood was camouflaged with some
wood filling material (please, see pictures). The bore is
in very good/low fine condition with strong rifling. The action
works fine. The front barrel band screw is missing. One of
the receiver screws is also missing. The cleaning rod shows some
roughness and rust. Careful cleaning would greatly increase an
appeal of this rifle! Scarce Romanian issue M.1879 Martini-Peabody
rifle! Serial# R.77XX.

Very Scarce Romanian Issue M.1879 Martini-Peabody Cavalry
Carbine

Caliber: .45, rimmed (11.43mm x 49R).

Price: $2975

Inventory #arc_0630

Pictures:

DESCRIPTION: Very
scarce Romanian military issue Martini-Peabody M.1879 cavalry
carbine in its original, .45 caliber. This was the first
carbine adopted by Romanian army after the country declared independence
in 1878.The carbine was manufactured by the Waffen-
und Guss-stahl Fabrik, Witten an der Ruhr in Germany in 1882,
as indicated by a beautiful cartouche stamped on the left side
of the receiver block. The markings on the receiver are very
crisp. The carbine is very similar to the Martini-Henry cavalry
carbine, except for the markings and location of sling swivels.
The carbine shows Romanian military issue markings stamped
on the right side of the receiver and barrel, "Crossed
Lances over 2P" and "Crossed Lances over P".
The carbine does not seem to have a serial number. Several
steel parts of the carbine display assembly numbers (?), "C8",
"C34", "C1", "C3", etc. The
stocks do not display any markings. Short lever action. Correct
military style ramp and leaf rear sights calibrated from 100
to 1000 meters (?). The carbine was manufactured without the
bayonet lug (correct for cavalry issue). Two barrel bands configuration.
Massive steel nosecap (similar to the one used in the Martini-Henry
cavalry carbine). Two sling swivels. The front sling swivel is
located on the right side of the rear barrel band. The rear sling
swivel is located on the upper/rear part of the buttstock, just
in front of the buttplate tang. This sling swivel seems to be
of unique design with two steel plates and and a pin securing
it to the buttstock (please, see pictures). Complete with an
original cleaning rod (the tip of the rod fits nicely into the
steel nosecap). Overall length: 40 inch. Barrel length: 23.25
inch. CONDITION: Very good+ to low fine. The carbine is
in "as found", uncleaned condition. Metal is mainly
in white, with some blue finish preserved in protected areas.
Occasional scattered brown/gray patina. Some light pitting on
the barrel, along the stock lines. All the markings on metal
are clearly visible. The buttstock is in fine condition with
some handling marks and light scratches. The forestock shows
some wood filling material camouflaging some dings and some hairline
cracks. The bore is in fine condition with strong rifling.
The action works fine. Careful cleaning would greatly increase
an appeal of this carbine! The forestock should be professionally
redone. This is the only example of the Romanian issue Martini-Peabody
cavalry carbine I have ever seen! Very few of these carbines
were manufactured for the Romanian cavalry!

Swiss Martini Schutzen Rifle by J. Gysi in Interlaken

Caliber: 10.4 x 38 mm, rimfire (Swiss .41)

Price: $1975

Inventory #arc_0537

Pictures:

DESCRIPTION:Very nice Swiss Martini Schutzen rifle! The rifle features
an extra long and heavy half-round, half-octagonal barrel. It
was manufactured specifically for Swiss-style long range target
shooting. The rifle displays the maker's markings on the left
side of the receiver, "Joh. Gysi Interlaken".
Several Swiss markings, numbers and proofs are stamped on various
metal parts of the rifle. The stocks do not show any markings.
Set trigger mechanism.Swiss style butt plate. Swiss target
style rear sights. Target style front sight. Two sling swivels.
All steel furniture. There is a bayonet lug on the right side
of the nosecap. Complete with an original cleaning rod. CONDITION:Fine. The barrel has 98% of crisp blue finish. Fading
case coloring on the receiver with some scattered patina and
peppering. The blue on the buttplate, nosecap, rear sight, sling
swivels and lever is turning to brownish color. Nice stocks with
some handling marks and light scratches. There are no cracks
in wood. The finish on the stocks is original. Excellent bore
with sharp and shiny rifling. Action is very crisp and fully
functional. The set trigger mechanism works very well. All the
internal parts of the rifle are in fine condition, with no visible
wear. All the markings on metal are clearly visible. Very high
quality of machining and metal finish. Overall length: 49 inches.
Barrel length: 32.25 inches. Scarce and very attractive Swiss
Martini Schutzen rifle! (Oversize shipping and insurance
rate is $40 for this item only).

Very Scarce Romanian Issue M.1879 Martini-Peabody Rifle with
Bayonet

Caliber: .45, rimmed (11.43mm x 49R).

Price: $1800

Inventory #arc_0348

Pictures:

DESCRIPTION: Very
scarce Romanian military issue Martini-Peabody M.1879 rifle in
its original, .45 caliber. This was the first rifle adopted
by Romanian army after the country declared independence in 1878.The rifle was manufactured by the Waffen- und Guss-stahl
Fabrik, Witten an der Ruhr in Germany in 1879, as
indicated by a beautiful cartouche stamped on the left side of
the receiver block. The rifle is practically identical with the
Turkish M.1874, except for the markings. The right side of the
receiver displays a Romanian Royal Crown over the cartouche
with wording: "ARMATA ROMANA, ARMA, Md. 1879".
The rifle shows Romanian military issue markings stamped
on the right side of the receiver and barrel, "Crossed
Lances", "Royal Crown", "Arrow"
and "Romanian Phoenix Rising from Ashes". The
serial number is stamped on the right side of the buttstock,
receiver and barrel (matching). The left side of the receiver
and buttstock displays a crown over the maker's cartouche, "WITTEN
1879"(fading cartouche on the buttstock, please, see
pictures). The markings on the receiver are very crisp. German
assembly markings are present on all the metal parts. The buttstock
is "decorated" with brass pins. Short lever action.
Correct military style ramp and leaf rear sights. Front barrel
band with saber type bayonet lug. The cleaning rod is missing.
Complete with original socket bayonet with quadrangular blade.
Overall length: 50 inch. Barrel length: 33 inch. CONDITION:
Good. The rifle was unprofessionally restored. The metal
parts show, what seems to be, a worn cold blue applied over the
surface that was not properly polished. Some light pitting and
metal roughness under the reblue (mostly on the barrel). There
are some filing marks on the barrel, near the muzzle. Stocks
are in overall fair condition. A large piece of the forestock
was replaced. The buttstock shows a couple of repaired cracks.
Some filling material was used on the buttstock, near the receiver.
A layer of varnish was added to the stocks' finish. All the markings
on metal are clearly visible.Fading , partially recognizable
markings on the stocks.The bore is dark, but the rifling
is still strong. Very crisp action. This scarce rifle is begging
for a professional restoration! Serial# F.31XX.

Nepalese Westley Richards "Gahendra Martini" Rifle

Caliber: .450, rimmed

Price: $1175

Inventory #arc_0253

Pictures:

DESCRIPTION:Nepalese issue Westley Richards Martini rifle. The rifle
is based on 1869 Westley Richards patented design. It was manufactured
locally in Nepal under the direction of general Gahendra Rana
in the 1880-s, and consequently it is often called, "Gahendra
Martini". The rifle was issued to elite Ghurka regiments,
and was considered superior to Martini design. The major advantage
of the rifle was a feature allowing its entire action to be removed
as one unit for ease of servicing. Production however caused
logistic problems and by 1894 the Ghurkas were short of modern
rifles. Finally the British came to the rescue with a delivery
of several thousand Martini short lever rifles in late 1894 and
even more long lever Martini rifles in 1908. Consequently, Nepalese
Westley Richards rifles were withdrawn from service and stored
for many decades in the government warehouse.Information
about this rifle is still insufficient, but the most common opinion
is that only few hundred of guns of this pattern were manufactured
for the Government of Nepal (every rifle I have examined
in the past had a three digit serial number in Nepalese characters).
Nepalese language characters are present on the receiver,
lever and rear sights (please, see pictures). CONDITION:Low fine with about 82% of thinning blue still present on
metal. The blue is turning to brownish color. Most of the
wear is on the barrel bands, lever and in couple of spots on
the receiver. The buttplate is covered with uniform brown patina.
Solid stocks with some handling marks, dings and light scratches.
No cracks of any kind to the stocks. The stocks show crude tool
marks, that are characteristic to Nepalese manufactured rifles.
The bore is in fine+ condition with strong rifling.Action
works fine. All the internal parts of the rifle are in fine
condition, with no visible wear. All the markings on metal are
clearly visible. Complete with original cleaning rod. Overall
length: 49.5 inch. Scarce rifle in very collectible condition!